William McGurn: If there is one extraordinary fact here, it is this: Notwithstanding a pro-choice orthodoxy that dominates our film, our television, our press and our colleges and universities, strong moral qualms about abortion have not gone away.

Gail Kerr: "Tennessee lawmakers who fight for laws to "choose life" now want to cut funding that helps keep the babies alive once they are born."

The Fix: "Alabama Republican Rep. Parker Griffith was soundly defeated in a Republican primary tonight, the second party switcher to lose an intraparty fight in the past two weeks."

NY Times: "Israel faced intense international condemnation and growing domestic questions on Monday after a raid by naval commandos that killed nine people, many of them Turks, on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza...Israel said the violence was instigated by pro-Palestinian activists who presented themselves as humanitarians but had come ready for a fight. Organizers … Continue reading Israeli Raid on Aid Flotilla

Ban Ki-moon: "World leaders gathered in Rome 12 years ago to establish the International Criminal Court. Seldom since the founding of the United Nations has such a resounding blow been struck for peace, justice and human rights."

Washington Post, Divine Impulses: Pro-life Democrat Bart Stupak on the 'hypocrisy' of pro-life groups who used abortion as a political weapon to oppose healthcare.

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Washington Post: "BP's three-day effort to throttle the leaking gulf oil well with multiple blasts of heavy mud has failed. The attempted "top kill" of the well was abandoned late Saturday afternoon, leaving the huge Macondo field deep beneath the sea floor once again free to pump at least half a million gallons of crude … Continue reading Top Kill Fails

Christina Romer: "The emergency spending bill before the House would address the education crisis facing communities across America -- and the jobs of hundreds of thousands of teachers are at stake."

Tony Blair: "Our long-term goal was to help Africa make the most of its rich potential through increased support from the wealthiest countries, coupled with fundamental reform within the continent. These hopes reflected the insistent demands of many millions of our citizens to do something about the gross injustices disfiguring our world."